Chapter 1 "Give Me Hope...Please."

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-Blackstar: I throw one more punch at my opponent, throwing him back and crushing his ribcage which fold inward and rupture his lungs and heart, I use my wavelength to sends those bones right into his heart, killing him instantly, his body falls and a red Kishan soul leaves his body, I send Tsubaki's blade through the soul and she takes it into her. I've gotten better, 4 years ago I couldn't even get 1 Kishan egg, now I'm nearing my 50th. It's all I can do now that Soul and Maka are gone. I clench my fist as the memory comes back. Stein runs us outside and we watch as the madness filled sky turns pitch black, at that moment I knew they were gone. Since then the world has been engulfed in nothing but black, I haven't seen the sun in weeks, Kid ran to the school and that was the last time I saw him. Stein locked himself in his lab and I have been training. I toss Tsubaki and she lands on her feet as she transforms. "Make the call." I walk away and head down the street.
-Tsubaki: I breathe on a nearby window in an empty building and dial for Lord Death. "42-42-564 Whenever you want him knock on deaths door." The waves appear and seconds later Lord Death appears, he too hasn't been cheerful, he doesn't have a bounce anymore and his voice isn't as goofy, it's understandable since one of his top meisters and his last death scythe are both gone. I hold back the tears that almost weld in my eyes and give him the report, short and sweet. "50th Kishan egg retrieved. We are heading to the next location of the next mission. Afterwards we'll be heading home to gather more missions to take on and rest." I bow and as I'm about to walk away he speaks.
-Lord Death: "4 weeks."
-Tsubaki: "Yes sir I know."
-Lord Death: "It's been 1 month and yet it feels like only yesterday they disappeared.
-Tsubaki: "*Died* sir. They didn't disappear, they...they died." They fall, my tears fall and I run off. Every time I have to say it I break down. Why does everyone believe they're alive? We've all seen people die why can't they accept it and mourn? They're just hurting themselves even more by believing they're still alive. I cover my face and head towards Blackstar, I bump into him and jolt slightly, I look up at him and try to hold back my tears.
-Blackstar: "Where is the next mission?"
-Tsubaki: He's changed so much. Before they died he wanted to marry me, now he's so cold it seems, he doesn't talk hardly at all and when we go on missions he brutally murders every target. It's like he has no soul anymore, just a fighting machine. I get out the paper and show it to him, the next mission was somewhere in the U.S., close to home it seems. He turned and walked and held out his hand, he told me whenever he did that that I was to transform into his hand so that he could break into a speed and run to our destination. I transform and the moment he held me we were zooming past everything. It was all a blur as I watched him. His face was always angry now, he didn't smile and I haven't even heard him say anything about surpassing god anymore. "Ahh!!" He ran my blade against a brick wall and banged it against buildings a few times, I stared at him in shock and confusion.
-Blackstar: "THEY'RE NOT DEAD!!" In an instant I stop and glared at Tsubaki in her blade. Although she was safely inside the tint of her weapon she was terrified, I could see it in the way she shivered, throwing our wavelength off. "Stop saying they're dead!! They're alive!! And I'm gonna find them! Even if it's just me!! Screw Kid! Screw Stein! Screw anyone who just ran away!!"
-Tsubaki: "Blackstar!! Please stop!!" I scream out as his demon wavelength starts taking over, burning me all over as he forces me to stay in weapon form. Ever since I engulfed him in my demon wavelength I wasn't able to hold it back and keep it away from him. When he wields me it latches onto him and takes control whenever he loses his temper. I cry as I try to fight back with my resonance but with all the missions we've taken I can barely hold my transformation up.
-Blackstar: "You gotta help me, Tsubaki. This is one thing I can't do alone..."
-Tsubaki: I feel a huge weight lift off me and he's calm. The pain is gone and I transform back to human and collapse onto the ground, Blackstar catches me and carries me to a bench and we sit. "Doesn't...doesn't it hurt to believe it though?"
-Blackstar: "I can't accept it. I won't. Not until I see a body."
-Tsubaki: We sit in silence for a while until I stand and start walking, Blackstar follows behind as we head in the direction of our next mission. An hour later, he holds my hand and nods, I transform and he starts running again, by morning we make it to our next destination, and before I know it down goes Kishan #51. I get us checked into a hotel for 2 so we can rest up, eat and return home the next day. The rest of the night goes silent, we barely say a word as we shower and relax, I go to sleep early since nothing is going on.
-Blackstar: Once Tsubaki is asleep I lean back on the couch and stare at the ceiling. "They're alive, I know it. I can feel Maka's wavelength...but it's like it's not even here." I sigh, I can't see souls or feel a wavelength other than my partners, so the fact that I somehow feel Maka's wavelength must mean something. I fall asleep on the couch and I'm later awakened from the soft sound of Tsubaki, it's a familiar sound although one I haven't heard in a while, she's crying. I get up and peak into her room, she's asleep and crying. I sit on the edge if her bed and wipe her tears and softly pet her hair to try and calm her down. It must be another dream about her brother, that's the only time she ever cried in her sleep, but why is she remembering him now all of a sudden? I think to myself as I feel her tug on my shirt, before she gets too engulfed in her feelings I pull away and head to my room, I lay down and fall back asleep.
*With Lord Death*
-Lord Death: I look around the Death Room and sigh, it's so empty, Soul was my last death scythe and he was very good at it. After the Asura battle we didn't engage in any big battles except for a Witch War, but even then I could only give orders from inside here. Even after defeating Asura I am still unable to retrieve my soul from around the city, the seal broke but it is locked on my soul.
-Kid: "Father." He turns to me as I enter the Death Room, Liz and Patty slowly following behind as I approach my dad. "I have finished my search."
-Lord Death: "What is your report?"
-Kid: I grit my teeth, "Failure, I was unable to locate Scythe Meister Maka Albarn or Death Scythe Soul Eater. No trace of them at all, not even so much as a body or blood. I have failed."
-Liz: "Kid tell him..."
-Kid: I hesitate before continuing. "But I...I feel Maka's wavelength. It's...it's as if she were right next to me asking for a mission, or going to her next class. It's as if she were right here."
-Lord Death: I have felt it too, I feel as though Maka's wavelength is everywhere. Where ever she is, the fact that we feel her wavelength, should be proof enough that Maka and Soul are still alive.

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